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Print Spooler consumes all of CPU
Name: Gene Date: March 28, 2004 at 00:07:39 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home CPU/Ram: P4/750k
Comment:
Help! Spoolsv.exe (Print server) consumes 99% of my CPU at all times (even though I have not tried to print anything) . It causes my computer to slow to a crawl. This starts right at boot up. What can cause this?
Name: Hooner Date: March 28, 2004 at 00:18:32 Pacific
Reply:
More than likely a virus or spyware, scan for both.
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Response Number 2
Name: Johnw Date: March 28, 2004 at 03:07:43 Pacific
Reply:
Try changing the settings for the printer to print directly to the printer rather than spool jobs. To do this, select the Properties for the printer in question, select the Advanced tab, and then choose "Print directly to the printer."
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Response Number 3
Name: Gene Date: March 28, 2004 at 12:26:25 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the suggestions. I have scanned for viruses and spyware. I am going to re-install rather than spend days trying to track this down. I have long since set my computer up for facilitate re-installation.
Gene
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Response Number 4
Name: lefebvre Date: April 4, 2004 at 10:19:21 Pacific
Reply:
empty your windows\system32\spool\printer file it helped 4 me!!!!
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